Porridge toppings

Boodle

I make ours with either half soy/rice milk and water, or all water. I used to have whole milk (or cream if we had it ) with maple syrup - delish!

Now I like maple syrup alone or with a dash of rice/soy milk with:

• dried figs, chopped, with or without walnuts
• raisins/sultanas/dried mixed fruit
• dried or fresh apricots with toasted flaked almonds

DD likes porridge alone or with pretty much anything, but particularly with fresh blueberries (I keep them in the freezer) or dried berries of any sort. She and the baby also like steeped oats, either plain or with the spices below and fruit.

Any of these combos are also nice with a pinch of cinnamon or mixed spice, or vanilla.

funkymonkey849

I add a bit of cinnamon and sugar while its cooking, and use half milk half water. Then I have a bit of golden syrup on top.

I love porridge!!

Caterina

Chopped dates, dried figs and almonds - does it for me every time!

Confuzzled

i'm the odd one out here possibly because i grew up in the states with oatmeal (a rather runny version of porridge that felt like it should be coming up not going down :eek:) i never liked oatmeal but once i tried proper scottish porridge i changed my mind.

however, over the years i've come to prefer it savoury vs sweet. i make mine half milk half water (though all semi skim milk for a treat) and add a pinch of salt. i cook it til it's fairly thick and then instead of adding more milk to it (i don't get that at all!) i add a touch of butter and mix it all in.

now i'm happy to eat it like that but i also like it with melted cheese instead of butter and maybe some garlic granules stirred in. might sound odd to those of you that eat yours sweet but think about how you throw oats in with mince to stretch it out or bread made with oats, those are savoury and quite lovely so i'd say if you're looking for something different why not try something savoury for a change, might surprise you how nice it can be

thriftychick

Last year we made some rosehip syrup from an old WW2 recipe (from this forum). It was delicious and the kids loved it, although it didn't keep for too long. Apparently the vitamin C content is very high so was encouraged during the war.

BitterAndTwisted

Good Lord! I'd completely forgotten about the rose-hip syrup, that's what we used to have on our porridge when we were children sometimes.

miss_cupcake_2

Confuzzled wrote: »

i'm the odd one out here possibly because i grew up in the states with oatmeal (a rather runny version of porridge that felt like it should be coming up not going down :eek:) i never liked oatmeal but once i tried proper scottish porridge i changed my mind.

however, over the years i've come to prefer it savoury vs sweet. i make mine half milk half water (though all semi skim milk for a treat) and add a pinch of salt. i cook it til it's fairly thick and then instead of adding more milk to it (i don't get that at all!) i add a touch of butter and mix it all in.

now i'm happy to eat it like that but i also like it with melted cheese instead of butter and maybe some garlic granules stirred in. might sound odd to those of you that eat yours sweet but think about how you throw oats in with mince to stretch it out or bread made with oats, those are savoury and quite lovely so i'd say if you're looking for something different why not try something savoury for a change, might surprise you how nice it can be

Being scottish I was brought up on porridge as a savoury food, a splash of milk and a sprinkle of salt was all that was required! However, since my childhood I've developed a terrible sweet tooth and now eat my porridge every morning with dried/fresh fruit and a dirzzle of golden syrup. I really don't think there is a better way to start the day! I even continue to eat it in the summer, it's just so tasty

rachbc

stewed pears, soaked figs, apricots and raisins, jarred cherries, frozen blueberries, toasted seeds, maple syrup, brown sugar, vanilla sugar are our usuals

midnightraven3

Confuzzled wrote: »

i'm the odd one out here possibly because i grew up in the states with oatmeal (a rather runny version of porridge that felt like it should be coming up not going down :eek:) i never liked oatmeal but once i tried proper scottish porridge i changed my mind.

however, over the years i've come to prefer it savoury vs sweet. i make mine half milk half water (though all semi skim milk for a treat) and add a pinch of salt. i cook it til it's fairly thick and then instead of adding more milk to it (i don't get that at all!) i add a touch of butter and mix it all in.

now i'm happy to eat it like that but i also like it with melted cheese instead of butter and maybe some garlic granules stirred in. might sound odd to those of you that eat yours sweet but think about how you throw oats in with mince to stretch it out or bread made with oats, those are savoury and quite lovely so i'd say if you're looking for something different why not try something savoury for a change, might surprise you how nice it can be

As a Scot, living in Scotland, i dont know one single person who would eat or class porridge as a sweet dish, here, its savoury

its made me chuckle thinking if my dad were here what his face would be like, even contemplating fruit/honey/sugar etc, on porridge:D

Looby_Lou

My kids love having a sprinkle of chocolatey cereal (coco pops, or something similar). I'm happy they get a healthy filling warm breakfast and they are happy to get some junk breakfast. It also makes the expensive cereal last for ages!